About the Society

The Society was instituted on 2 October 1950 at Theobald's Cafe Bath with the name of Bath and Bristol Coin Club. The present name was adopted for the 1953 season by which time the membership had increased to 22. The Society has hosted the annual National Numismatic Congress in Bath or Bristol on five occasions: 1958, 1964, 1983, 1988 and 1998.
Our programme of events ranges from academic speakers on specialist subjects to our own membership with lectures on their own interests. We also may hold a members' coin sale and occasionally organise visits to places of interest.


DIARY OF MEETINGS

NEXT MEETING THURSDAY 10th OCTOBER 2024:

Please note the following (when at The Globe): a reminder to register your car number plate after you have parked up; the computer system is in the main bar area.

Please email Adrian and Christine on: adrian [at] bathandbristol-ns.org.uk to check if anything has changed. We will also update this website page. Members already on mailing-list will be advised of any alterations as well.

Subscriptions; please see the Contact section

 

  • 2024-2025: Proposed diary dates:.
  • August 8th and September 12th: No meetings
  • October 10th: Members' five-minute talks and/or recent purchases.
  • November 14th: (prov); Trams and Tickets by Adrian Derrick
  • December-Christmas: date and event tbd
  • January and February 2025; No meetings
  • March 13th: event tbd
  • April 10th: A Medal Talk by Jim Kemp.
  • May 8th: "Medallions of George IV" by David Young. Bring along any George IV medallions, medalets etc to add to the evening's discussions.
  • June 12th: event tbd
  • July 10th: AGM.

 

This website also shows coins and articles of interest. There is already a small gallery linked in the menu; as new material is offered, we'll post details and the links here, on the front page.

Articles updated May 2023

1. Tokens, Checks, Tickets and Passes: Bristol Pub Checks

2. The Mint of Bristol

3. Tokens of the Somerset Coalfield

4. More Local Mining (and Related) Checks, Badges and Medals

5. The Clifton Rocks Railway

6. A Nailsea Banknote

7. Decimal Day and the Old Coinage

8. Two Unrecorded Tokens from Pennywell Colliery, Bristol

9. The "Dunkirk" Tokens; by the late Arthur C Griffin..


CONTACT:

The society encourages members of the public to get in touch with questions about collecting and also the identification of any coins, tokens or medals that they may have. Members' Subscription during the 2023-24 season will be £20., due at the October meeting.

 

  • President: Rosie Clarke
  • Chairman: Mark Manning
  • Treasurer: Christine Derrick
  • Secretary: Christine Derrick

EMAIL:

(Replace the word [at] with @ symbol).

Secretary: adrian[at] bathandbristol-ns.org.uk